Gazumping and gazundering – perils in an uncertain market
Research suggests that nearly a third of recent sellers have suffered gazundering, which property pundits attribute to a downturn in the market. But, in some areas, the lack of suitable...
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You may, like me, sometimes wonder whether our increasingly dystopian world is in fact a dream, from which we shall awake. However, as this doesn’t appear to be the case,...
Continue readingA heterosexual couple, Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan, recently lost their Court of Appeal battle to have a civil partnership instead of a marriage. They argued that opposite-sex couples are...
Continue readingMore than 110,000 divorce proceedings were begun in 2015. Recent media reports have suggested that couples will soon be able to file for online divorce later this year under plans...
Continue readingIn 2004, the government passed a law that allowed same-sex couples to enter into Civil Partnerships. Civil Partnerships were designed to be very similar to marriages, but by making them...
Continue readingFrom 1 April 2016, anyone buying residential property in addition to their main home became subject to a 3% increase in the Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) that would previously...
Continue readingIn 2017 a Family Court in Manchester ordered that a Father who had transitioned to become a woman should not have direct contact with his children because of the potential...
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